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Scrapbook of etchings and photographs

Scrapbook of etchings of mills in England and Europe from encyclopedias and books, including pages from "The Illustrated Exhibitor and Magazine of Art". Two photographs by the Folkestone Herald and Gazette of Horn Street Mill being demolished. Stephen Buckland's scrapbook number 55.

Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher

Irby, Wirral

Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
Dated on reverse.
Demolished 1898.

Unknown photographer

T.B. Paisley's 'Windmill Notes'

A 'spring folio', binding together loose pages comprising 'Windmill Notes, compiled from various sources by T.B. Paisley'. The folio is divided into the following sections: 'English Windmills. Arranged by Counties' and 'Foreign Windmills' (USA and France). The folio covers the counties listed at 'Place access points below' with brief details of selected post, tower and smock mills there and the date visited.

Paisley, Thomas Brownlee (1916-1980)

"Weeton Mill - Effort to Restore and Preserve"

Cutting from "Blackpool Times". The Ancient Monuments Society come to the rescue by taking an interest in preserving the old mills of the Fylde. An authority on mills said "it seemed a pity that not one windmill was to be seen at work in the Fylde". Lancashire had a chance to see at least one windmill remained.

Research notebook for 'Chinnor', 'Llandeusant' and 'Saughhall' mills

A repurposed Army field message book (without its cover) labelled, 'Chinnor & (contains all sketches & rough notes of) Llandeusant Mill, Anglesey, Saughall'. The contents include: a narrative description of the post mill at Chinnor, describing its post as, 'the smallest I have ever seen', notes also being made about 'Great Hazeley Mill' (7 pages); detailed notes, drawing and measurements on 'Saughall mill' following an inspection on 4 March 1933 (20 pages); intricate drawings, measurements and notes about Llanddeusant water mill (33 pages).
The notebook also contains detailed notes relating to some sort of printing or photographic process and a pinned memo to 'call at W.H. for fiddle' [a possible reference to Enid Wailes' violin].

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

"Losing Battle for windmills"

Piece from the 'Manchester Guardian' about the sad results of Mr. Edward Mitford Abraham's revisiting the windmills he began cataloguing fifty-one years ago and now finds all-too-many of them no more.

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Suffolk 94, Euston, Thelnetham; Quarry Bank; Provence; De Onderman, Witmarn; Woodstock, Wandle; Gelli Groes; Kibworth; Brampton, Shirley; Sacrewell (award set); Crux Easton 29/01/2001; Broad Eye, Stafford; De Rat Wind Engine; Dokkum, De Rat; Morwellham

Negatives

Suffolk; Ford Mill; Ivybridge, Painshill, Falfield; Dale Abbey, Painshill; Sheffield Mills; tiles, Surrey trip; Stotfold; Wales 1986; Rowlands; Painshill and crowds; Ockham; Hemingway's weekend; wind engines; Titt; Cogges; Morse collection; wind engines 5/1/1990; Switzerland mills 6/96; Gelli Groes 16/3/92; Copenhagen, Wray Common; Dunham Massey; Brampton; Moor Mill; Gunpowder; Gelli Groes; tall ships, Park Mill; Hessenpark, Saalburg; Park Mill; Yorks Mills; Dorset; Wollaton, Churchill; Broad Eye, Isington, Doolittle; Sheffield mills; Lowcross Mill; Doolittle; Wilton, Donford; Kibworth.

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N Yorks mills; Path Head, Henley New Mill; mill trip 14/5/94; Cranborne May 1997; Hungary; Kingsley Mill, Hunts cottage; Stanford [?Sandford] Mill, Woodley; Wandle Mill; Oldcastle, 2 Eldon Road; Titt dwgs, Trowbridge, 22/8/2000; Sheffield, Painshall 6/12/97; Belgium '94; Dunham Massey 24/1/2000; Dunster, Gelli Groes; midland mills summer '90; Warwick br; Poughill; Switzerland Mills, 6/96; Nybridge; Sacrewell, 9/5/93, Painshill wall top; Churchill, 24/10/92; Hungary, Bluebell; Suffolk '94, Woodbridge, Buttrums; Brampton Mowsley, 3/98; Bledlow windmill, Town Mill, sails; Crosthwaite, Stott Park; Stainsby, 5/7/97; Buckland Windmill; Bollee Orleans; Gelli Groes, Amberley; Painshill, Gelli Groes, St Victor.

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